http://pensiveponderings.wordpress.com
Where Will the Food Come From in a
Hotter, Drier, More Crowded World?
Nina Fedoroff
Distinguished
Distinguished Professor,
Professor, King
King Abdullah
Abdullah University
University of
of Science
Science and
and Technology
Technology
Evan
Evan Pugh
Pugh Professor,
Professor, Penn
Penn State
State University
University
President,
President, AAAS
AAAS
Food prices are at an all-time high
Food security is a concern as old as humanity
Thomas Malthus
www.nndb.com/people/250/000024178/malthus.jpg
www.nndb.com/people/250/000024178/malthus.jpg
Global population growth
http://www.sustainablescale.org/images/uploaded/Population/World%20Population%20Growth%20to%202050.JPG
http://www.sustainablescale.org/images/uploaded/Population/World%20Population%20Growth%20to%202050.JPG
Chemical fertilization and pest control
Mechanization
vn.schmidt-clemens.de/vnoffice/data/0/0/0/227..
vn.schmidt-clemens.de/vnoffice/data/0/0/0/227....
http://haysvillelibrary.wordpress.com/2010/05/01/
http://haysvillelibrary.wordpress.com/2010/05/01/
http://www.arini.ac.uk
http://www.arini.ac.uk
Corn
Corn
http://blogs.nationalgeographic.com
http://ecoplanet.trustpassimg.alibaba.com
http://ecoplanet.trustpassimg.alibaba.com
www.kukurydza.org.pl
www.kukurydza.org.pl
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk
www.kukurydza.org.pl
www.kukurydza.org.pl
Wild
Wild wheat
wheat
Modern
Modern wheat
wheat
www.ricediversity.org/thebasics/
www.ricediversity.org/thebasics/
Teosinte
Teosinte
Genetic improvement
Ancestral
Ancestral rice
rice
Modern
Modern rice
rice
http://daweb.da.gov.ph
http://daweb.da.gov.ph
Irrigation
http://www.sciencephoto.com/
“2010 Revision of World Population Prospects”
Increasing global temperatures
Stott
Stott et
et al,
al, Nature
Nature 432:610
432:610 (2004)
(2004)
Tasks for the 21st century
Reduce agricultural pollution of air, land and water
Decrease agriculture’s demand for fresh water
Adapt crops to a hotter, drier world
Double the food supply by 2050
How can we grow more food more sustainably?
Higher yields, less chemicals using modern science
Less water and nutrients using modern technology
Agriculture as an integrated system
New crops, new lands, new water sources
High-tech urban agriculture
GM technology = molecular crop improvement
Bt maize
http://www.apsnet.org/
http://www.apsnet.org/online
online/feature/BtCorn/Images/healthy%20ear.JPG
/feature/BtCorn/Images/healthy%20ear.JPG
Late blight resistance
http://news.bbc.co.uk/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/
Jonathan
Jonathan Jones
Jones
http://news.bbc.co.uk/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/
European Commission Report on GMO Biosafety
Excessive
regulation
of GMOs
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/19/o
pinion/genetically-engineered-foodfor-all.html?emc=eta1
Golden rice
www.syngenta.com
www.syngenta.com
www.goldenrice.org
www.goldenrice.org
LEPA
Surface drip
http://ashsheng-muaythai.blogspot.com
http://ashsheng-muaythai.blogspot.com
Spray
Subsurface drip
http://www.askgillevy.com
http://www.askgillevy.com
http://www.senninger.com/
http://www.senninger.com/
http://eorganic.info/
http://eorganic.info/
Hydroponics
Hydroponics: Houweling’s tomatoes
http://www.houwelings.com/url
Solar biofarm: sun, wind, seawater
Designer: Nassar Al-Madhoun
Sophisticated design, simple technology
Nanocloud
Designer: Nassar Al-Madhoun
Halophyte domestication & genetic modification
http://www.freshplaza.com/2010/agrexco_salicornia.jpg
http://www.freshplaza.com/2010/agrexco_salicornia.jpg
Salicornia
Salicornia
Distichlis
Distichlis
http://media-1.web.britannica.com/eb-media
http://media-1.web.britannica.com/eb-media
Integrating aquaculture and agriculture
National Prawn Company,
Saudi Arabia
Lufa Farms, Montreal, Canada
https://lufa.com/en